feeding a BTA...

[reefman13]

I am trying to get ideas for what I need to feed my BTA, so could you guys post what you are using to feed.

Thanks

 

[IslandCrow]

Just about anything meaty works fine. Silversides seem to be the favorite amongst most. I just feed mine little chunks of my homemade fish food, which is a mix of all sorts of things. Here are a few things I've fed to mine and would suggest. Your particular anemone may take to some more than others:

Shrimp
Any saltwater fish (I've fed Tuna, Mahi, Grouper, and Talapia)
Squid
Crab
Clam
Krill
Mysis

As with your fish, variety is a good thing, so try to feed at least a few different things. Also, it's not a bad idea to soak the food in something like Selcon or that Kent stuff. . .I think it's called Zoe or something like that. I haven't used the latter personally.

 

[serum153]

I was feeding krill and mysis for the first couple weeks and wasn't happy with how the nem looked. My maroon was feeding it also, but it wasn't until I started feed a silverside 1 - 2x a week when I noticed how much happier it is.

 

[reefman13]

Cool, thanks guys.

I feed my tang, and clowns my own frozen food mix and I managed to get my PBT off Brine and on to mysis. So I will definitely try a mix with the anemone.

Right now I use my syringe and just squirt some brine and mysis at my anemone and she catches a few pieces and devours them.

Thanks again.